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h A. B. CLARK. HARMONICA HOLDER.

No. 411,374. Patented Sept. 17 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALVIN l3. CLARK, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OLIVER T. KNODE, OF SAME PLACE.

HARMONICA-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,374, dated September 17, 1889. Application filed March 18, 1889. Serial No. 303,729. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVIN B. CLARK, a citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of Richmond, in the county of \Vayne and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I-Iarmonica-I'Iolders and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure I of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is a perspective view. Fig.9 is also a perspective view. Fig. 3 is a front view, and shows the holder folded flat.

This invention has relation to devices for holding harmonicas to the shoulders and in front of the mouth in proper position to be operated with facility by the lips when the hands are engaged with another instrument.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a transverse horizontal bar, usually slightly concave from end to end to approximate the transverse contour of the breast of the operator, against which this bar A is designed to rest, being held in position by the hooks I3 B, which are usually of wire, and connected to the ends of said bar, and are of sufficient extent to engage the shoulders. These hooks are pivoted to the ends of the breastbar A, and can be folded against said breast-bar, so as to take up but little room in transportation, the entire device being easily folded into flat and compact form.

0 represents the loop-j aw of the holder, usually made of wire, and consisting of the horizontal portion d and the arms e, which extend downward from said horizontal portion, and are secured to the breast-bar A.

Stops, usually in the form of small collars, as indicated at g, are provided on the arms 6,

and springs s are arranged 011 these arms above the stops, engaging the lower or movable jaw K of the holder, this jaw being a small bar having perforations or ways 0 at its ends, through which the arms e of the loop-jaw pass. The springs 8 hold the lower jaw upward with considerable tension, and when the harmonica is placed in position between the loop-jaw C it is held with sutiicient firmness opposite the lips, so that it can be readily and conveniently operated.

The movable jaw K is usually provided with a ring-handle r, so that it can be pulled downward easily when adj usting the harmonica in position to be held.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. A harmonica-holder having shoulderhooks in connection with a transverse breastbar, and holding-jaws above and connected to said breast-bar, substantially as specified.

2. A harmonica-holder having shoulderhooks in connection with a transverse breastbar, and spring-actuated holding-jaws above and connected to said breast-bar, substantially as specified.

3. A harmonica-holder consisting of the transverse breast-bar having the shoulderhooks connected to its ends, the loop-jaw secured to said breast-bar, and having the spring and the movable lower jaw engaging said loop-j aw, substantially as specified.

4. The harmonica holder consisting of the breast-bar and its pivoted folding shoulderhooks, the loop-jaw and its springs, and the movable jaw engaging the arms of said loopjaw, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALVIN B. CLARK. 'Witnesses:

JOSEPH MODLIN, JoHN Braces. 

